Wednesday Weigh In

Same as last week. I blame the Stupid Bowl.

Up 1 from last week. DS is buying a lot of vegetarian foods which are frequently not low calorie. I hate to cook, so he does most of it. We also went out for Dim Sum for my GS' birthday. It made me feel old to have a 30 year old GS. Of course I am old, but manage to forget it most of the time.

No scale with us on the trip, but I can tell I'm up, up, up by the way my pants are fitting (or not fitting!). The calorie laden southern food is not doing me any favors.

Same as last week. Just a little (3lb) higher than where I want to be.

stayed the same this week - which is an improvement on recent weeks

Ruth- I am sleeping 2 hours every afternoon! I usually have 23,000+ steps a day I'm averaging 15,000 a day since Friday. I feel terrible! I actually cried Sunday and Monday I feel so bad. This cough is killing me. When the doctor told me to rest I said ok I'll sit down when I fold the laundry 🙄

I'm allergic to codeine and prednisone 😭! They prescribed Benzonatate capsules and I can take 3 a day. Also have a pro air inhaler. They both help but I have had a fever since Friday! When I went to the doctor back for my recheck they are still saying acute bronchitis. I'm on a strong antibiotic (doxycycline ) and it makes me so nauseous. I have 5 more days of the antibiotics. I'm trying to spread my cough pills out. I can have steroid shots so I was able to get one last Friday and I felt so good after it....then came Saturday 😷🤒🤧. Just can't figure out why this keeps happening!

I feel that's exactly what has happened! It started with a sinus infection and spiraled to bronchitis! I think we're going to stay home bound for about 2 weeks! Give our bodies a chance to build back some immunity after all the antibiotics.

down a pound, but out of town next week so it will probably be packed back on by the time I return.....

Falconer, it may take a month to get used to this schedule. According to this article though you could consider

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/well/eat/the-be...

a "gradual decrease over a period of four months in the hours and days of restricted eating and in the amount of calories consumed on fasting days."

I've dropped about one pound by cutting back on portions while doing the 12-13 hour daily fast. I somehow can't imagine I did a whole year (except for vacations) on about 17 hours a while back. It's a mind game. Your body can do it but the brain says something else. Also if you are exercising everyday, particularly if that exercise is during the fasting window, there's a very good chance you are gaining muscle / losing fat, which is helpful in and of itself.

Heidi and Ruth, you two are the best. Bless you both. I laughed aloud at your post, Ruth.

Heidi I did see that article and of course this got me: “A man I know in his early 50s said he had lost 12 pounds in about two months on what he calls the 7-11 diet: He eats nothing from 7 p.m. until 11 a.m. the next morning, every day.“

Ive heard women who are dieting alongside a man (often one they live with, AKA their husbands)and they'll lose a pound in three months and he'll lose 12 in two.

Anyway, I've been on this 7-11 diet since September as my schedule at school is perfect for it- I teach from 7:30-10:45 and get my break then. I was having breakfast at that time, but now I'm just going for lunch and skipping breakfast altogether. The truth is, except when I was pregnant, I've weighed about the same my whole adult life. So is it the hormone therapy?

Finally down a pound. Now just ......too..... many to go!

Spring Break starts for me next Thursday - 10 nights in Hawaii - would like to lose another couple before then to at least be basically even after the vacay.

Happy to see February will be in the rear view mirror soon...on to Spring! TT

Vargadoll:

My theory of laundry is that most of it is perfectly fine staying in the clean clothes basket. Except when I had cats I had to protect it with a sheet because one of them thought it was the perfect bed.

I hope you are feeling better.

Yikes, on the bathroom caving in.

I've been trying to do a 16-17 hour fast and it seems to be working. Lost a kilo but still not at pre-Christmas weight. I have one week to get there before I'm vacation-bound.

I went to the OBGYN Monday and weighted 144 pounds. I want to be at 130 so i am making a commitment here to get on it! I hopeto weigh in every Wednesday....see you next week!